Is this a godsend?

If he couldn't make a decisive attack to eliminate Bo Yikao, the longer time passed, the more princes Boyi Kao would be able to contact, and this matter would become very difficult.

But to attack decisively is to give up the dangerous location and fight with the Shang army in Lingbao, and Zishou has ready-made battle examples here to refer to, not to mention, when the Shang army builds Hangu Pass, it will really be Zishou Hit him whenever you want, and leave whenever you want.

These days, the solidity of the letter is not for fun. It is an abnormal terrain that can defend both the east and the west. This is a natural moat. The only access is the sandbar in the middle of the river. The foothold in front of the pass is less than 100 meters wide. , that side is so neat that it can only pass the width of one person and one horse, and no engineering equipment can be transported in, and it can't be piled up with human lives.

"How does Your Majesty plan to use Boyi for the test?" "That depends on how Ji Chang will take the test for Boyi." Zi Shou rubbed his eyebrows, and he had forgotten about Yaohan and Tongguan. An excellent place to attack and retreat...

Soon he realized that it was not feasible. This was the Shang Dynasty, and there was not much development in that area, and it was the territory of Hao (hao). Forced to the opposite side.

Moreover, it is difficult to get the support of the merchant nobles for the construction of these two Guancheng. First, it is really a waste of money. From the nobleman's point of view, poor and weak Xiqi would have been hammered to death long ago if the terrain was not too difficult to fight, so there is no need to worry.

"Only Wendou, not Wudou, but that's fine." Wu Douzishou was still a little worried, after all, his military command skills basically stayed at the level of rushing up and beating him, but Wendou's skills, There are 4000 years of blessings, but they can be replaced by new ones, and some have methods.

At the same time, in Ji Kao's mansion, the red pill was crushed by boots, and the alchemist who was still arrogant before was lying on the ground with a faceless face, trembling. As for Yun Zhongzi, it was a picture of staying out of the way appearance.

Although the process seemed a bit wrong, Yun Zhongzi pointed out the toxicity of these pills in time. .

"Pull it down, lock it up, and interrogate carefully." Ji Kao sat down on his knees a little tiredly. He had anticipated all the dangers of this mission as a hostage, including the sudden madness of the king of Shang, and the involvement of the harem dispute. Another example is being used by the King of Shang, etc., and even some leaders from the rear also expected it, but they never expected that this fatal knife was actually stabbed by his own brother!

"Does your father know or don't know? Or do you know but pretend not to know?" Even with Ji Kao's gentle and kind personality, suspicion and resentment will inevitably arise at this time. Being a proton outside is a dangerous thing. We must beware of open swords and hidden arrows from all sides, and even endure the unbearable humiliation of ordinary people. If we are not careful, our lives will be lost.

However, as the eldest son, he took on this task in order to convince his brothers. However, this time, what his brothers and father did was really chilling. Who can stand up against backstabbing.

"Yun Zhongzi, you think... that's all."

"Your Majesty, I want to ask, what is the meaning of this person's actions?" There is no Hongmen Banquet in this era, otherwise Yun Zhongzi could directly say, "Who is the purpose of Xiang Zhuang's sword dance?"

"Hmm." Ji Kao was also curious, whether Ji Chang was going to use his hands to solve the King of Shang, or the King of Shang to solve him, or a combination of both.

If it is the first type, then it’s okay. After all, as the head of the family, I should have endured the most severe test. With my wit and means, I may not be able to escape the danger. Although I feel chilling, I have already regarded myself as a future parent. It's not that Ji Kao can't understand this kind of behavior.

If it is the second type, then the father is going to change the heir, and establish a virtuous instead of a long. However, he Ji Fa is a virtuous, isn't I, Ji Kao?Or, it may be Ji Fa's unauthorized behavior. If it is unauthorized, then he can accept it.

After all, sitting in this position, one needs to be wary of the various methods of other direct sons. Don't think that under the direct chief system, there is no such thing as seizing the direct son. After all, if other direct brothers are killed, you are the only heir.

Tang Taizong has proved that this plan is very feasible. Although Li Yuan has not only three sons, but only three descendants, if these two brothers are killed, he will be the only son who can inherit. Even if Li Yuan is furious, he can only pass on the throne. give him.

However, if it is the last one, it means that there is a high probability that Ji Chang and Ji Fa are in the same boat, or maintain a certain tacit understanding. One will solve Shang Wang, and the other will solve Ji Kao. I can't figure it out.

As the eldest son, there may be a certain difference in ability between Ji Fa and Ji Fa, but the difference is not big, and it will not be so incompetent that he needs to be replaced, and even if he has no credit, he still has so many years of hard work in supervising the country. Father had no motive for making such a decision.

"Did it really come out of Fa's idea, just borrowing my father's knife?" If so, Ji Kao felt much relieved. After all, such things as seizing the heir are not uncommon in this era. have.

"In my opinion, it refers to one or both of the king and the king of Shang, but if you don't think about it, no matter who suffers from the two, who can benefit from the two?"

"My father..." That's right, no matter who is unlucky, the only one who can benefit from it is Ji Chang.If the King of Shang dies, there will be no serious troubles for Cheng Zhou, and if there is no external pressure for Cheng Zhou, then the successor can be tested or issued, and the biggest beneficiary is Ji Chang.

And if King Shang didn't die, but Ji Kao died, whether he was killed by King Shang or died by taking pills, then Cheng Zhou would have an excuse to oppose Shang, and Ji Chang could justifiably die as the eldest son, and his successor Send Ji Fa to the next position, and will not receive any opposition.

When Yun Zhongzi said this, Ji Kao immediately realized that if King Shang died, his brother would not get any benefits. He had certain motives, maybe half of them were planned by him, but not all of them.

The only one who has the motive to plan or acquiesce to Ji Fa to do this kind of thing to a certain extent is Ji Chang. As for whether it is true or not, Ji Kao doesn't think it matters because he has this motive.

"What a cruel heart!" Ji Kao seemed to realize for the first time the true face of his father under the appearance of generosity and kindness. In fact, the real Ji Chang would not be a kind and kind person at all, and it would be impossible for him to escape from Yuli. ——If he couldn't pretend to be harmless like this, it would be impossible to persuade Jizi to let him leave Yanli, so that he would have a chance to fight against business.

"What does your majesty want?"

"Meet the King of Shang!" My rear is now an enemy, whether it is my father or my brother wanting my life, so the only most reliable person now is my enemy - the King of Shang!

Not only because he is his brother-in-law in name, but there is also a key point here. What the king of Shang wants is an obedient Xiqi and a submissive Zhou, while Ji Chang and Ji Fa want their own lives and want their own lives. Go to hell and vacate that deadly spot.

For Ji Kao, whether Xiqi is obedient and whether Zhou submits to Shang is meaningless to him now, because it is clear that his father does not want to give it, so since it is impossible for him to inherit Xiqi normally, then Whether Zhou is weakened by this why should he care.

The so-called Cub Selling Ye Tian does not feel distressed is this state, and Shang also has no ability to truly rule Xiqi, and it can only be a feudal state. Maybe a large part of Zhou's territory will be released, maybe Taiyuan, Jindi, Hao The land will be cut off or transferred to the merchant, but he is still the king of thousands of miles.

As long as he doesn't oppose Shang, he can still sit in this position until he dies, and even pass it down from father to son, he can still preserve the face of the ancestral temple. In a sense, in Ji Kao's current position, King Shang is his biggest ally.

The king of Shang is the last thing he wants to see Ji Chang benefit, and the last thing he wants to see Ji Fa succeed to the throne. He Ji Kao can give King Shang an obedient Xiqi, so what can King Shang give him Ji Kao?

"I'm afraid the King of Shang won't grant your request!" Yun Zhongzi shook his head. He didn't want to become an official and merchant either, but that didn't mean he was Guang Chengzi's younger brother. Zhou's power on behalf of - to fight Guang Chengzi, and get a modest official position, how to follow the dragon's merits?

"I know, he won't agree, at least within two years, and it is precisely because he won't agree that I ask for it!" Ji Kao said, "Only if I ask, can he refuse, and only if he refuses now, Two years later, I will be able to get the help of King Shang, and only in this way can I break Xiqi like a bamboo!"

Ji Kao may indeed be inferior to Ji Fa in martial arts, but he is much smarter in Wen Dou.The king of Shang wants to eat three fish with one fish, which not only divides Xiqi, but also weakens the princes, and also wins fame, but why isn't he like this in Boyi Kao?

Only in this way can he, Bo Yikao, use the mouth of the Shang princes to spread the information and let those princes he supports know. Three-dimensional, and at the same time weaken Ji Fa's reputation.

In the end, only now that the King of Shang refuses to allow it, and two years later, when the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, the King of Shang can persuade other nobles to help him, Bo Yikao. Come up with enough exchange benefits.

At that time, Ji Fa will have the notoriety of not being a concubine, and it is said that he is too intolerant. Which prince dares to pledge allegiance wholeheartedly, and is he not afraid of being sold out?And he, Ji Kao, got the help of the King of Shang. At the same time, his tragic role setting, coupled with the qualifications of Cheng Zhou's legal heir, and in the end, even if he was assassinated, he was no longer assassinated by the King of Shang, but because of the If you can't get what you want and die in depression, the lethality is even greater.

In other words, even if it is the worst plan, Ji Kao will die and his son will benefit. I believe that with King Shang's intelligence, he must understand what he means. If he wants to solve Cheng Zhou at the least cost, the only way It is to cooperate with myself in acting, because at this moment, the interests of both parties are completely consistent!

[PS]

Still alone, sweating all over, taking medicine, the fever subsided, but the diarrhea still couldn't stop.

Chapter 58 The Crying Chamber of Commerce

There is nothing to do in winter, so Zishou can only find something for himself. As a civil engineering dog, he still feels that he can leave something in his own business.

Especially when I was deceived by the dog thieves in the dormitory, I thought that the repair of ancient buildings was probably a popular craft, so I specially studied the relevant information. The relationship, it can also be said that the connection is not great.

If it wasn't for that dog thief and I didn't go to school in the same place, Zishou would definitely go to Luo with a knife and have a good talk with him, and this is really a craft, which can't be learned by reading a few books, but in theory , clear and logical, to be honest, hahahahaha.

However, in this era, after presiding over the Lutaiyuan project, under the consumption of as much material as a mountain and as much energy as a cow and a horse, he has really practiced this craft, and now, this guy is going to leave something behind For posterity.

He planned to copy the entire "Zao Fa Shi" of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then add annotations and related maps. It would cost tens of thousands of wooden slips and several bolts of cloth. A perfect book.

Including various construction methods, material processing, work limits, and fabrication techniques. Among them, this set of gadgets also proposes standard parts and reference parts. Simply put, the proportions of all workpieces are consistent and can be arbitrarily equal. Scaling up and downscaling to accommodate buildings of different structural sizes, although it is not a complete modularity, it also means that it is standardized.

Moreover, the ratio of all levels of all workpieces is 10:6, which is the golden ratio. Of course, this part cannot be promoted in the Shang Dynasty. It is easier to kill them than to expect those craftsmen to calculate the golden ratio of three decimal places. One point, but this set was originally for ancient craftsmen to learn and refer to, so there is a tricky way - you don't need to know why, just know what is.

Therefore, in addition to the books, Zishou also needs to make the material examples inside, imitating the standardized plan of the Qin Dynasty, using pottery and hardwood to make material examples, and from then on, stone, brick, pottery, tile, wood, and metallurgical craftsmen all use this material After they have formed enough experience and memory, they can hardly use the material examples. Of course, at this time, they still need to compare the material examples.

At the same time, because the whole set is a standard piece that is enlarged and spliced ​​in the same proportion as the reference piece, it can be used in buildings of any scale and can be completed very quickly.

To put it simply, the materials and techniques used to build the Lutai Main Hall and the side halls are exactly the same, except that more pieces are needed for splicing together, and at the same time, more manpower and transportation are required for the inclined triangular support structure. In fact, the actual construction time is almost exactly the same. of.

As for this construction method, if there are enough skilled craftsmen, Zishou can even demolish any building in Lutai Garden in only five days, and then reassemble it in any place in half a month! [There are cases in history, it is really possible]

At the same time, because all the workpieces and mold materials are standardized, even because this part is not standardized enough, it was revised twice later. By the time Zishou saw the finished version, it was already quite complete and detailed.

Basically, after you finish learning this, it may not be enough to be a general supervisor in ancient times, but it is completely fine to be a minister of the Ministry of Industry, because the reason for this construction method is not to build wonders, but...

Corruption in civil engineering was serious and costly, and there was no standardized construction, which made it impossible to calculate the costs at all levels, which forced the emperor to order people to conduct in-depth investigations, and it was done.

And because "the materials are too wide, and there is no material system", Li Jie was asked to revise it, and this is the kind of person who has been in prison for more than ten years, and repairs the house until he vomits.

So when Zi Shou saw it, it had already been revised several times in the past, covering the operating specifications, technical essentials, shapes and processing methods of various building components, and it could be "added or subtracted as appropriate". Basically it's semi-modular.

Among them, the biggest distinguishing feature from Ming and Qing buildings is that the decorative structure is not independent, but the decorative structure is built into the main structure. In other words, all the decorative structures themselves can be disassembled into several standard parts. Then they were spliced ​​together, while the Ming and Qing Dynasties turned back into a separate decorative structure.

Well, it can’t be said that it’s going backwards. It can only be said that the technical means of engaging in engineering corruption once again surpassed the technical means of anti-corruption, including the almost complete loss of this technology, and the restoration of ancient buildings in Tang and Song Dynasties by Lin Huiyin in modern times. At that time, the reason why the research of change and change was restored was roughly the same.

After all, this thing has already given you how much the material is, how much it is transported, how many days it takes to process it, and how long it takes a laborer to work.

The materials are also modular, and there is no separate decorative component. Even the long and short medium, large, medium and small levels of materials are all increased or decreased in proportion to the 10% interval.

Basically, if you learn this stuff, if you are the minister of the Ministry of Industry, no one can fool you about the project cost, ah, but it is also because no one can fool your boss about the project cost, so it is quickly lost.jpg

For Zishou, the craftsmen of the complete church may not be dreaming, they don't know the words, and the ratio is even more nonsense, so let them count as equal ratios?Then you might as well sacrifice them a little faster, but there is no problem with managing project progress, expenses, expenses and purely copying.

You only need to copy the materials according to the examples. In the production process, those that are suitable for the Shang Dynasty can be used, and those that are not suitable can still be replaced by the old version. The scale of large Buddhist temples and buildings naturally does not require the method of collating columns, and these days, large logs can be seen everywhere, and there is no need to save money.

Of course, the most important reason is that he has mastered the principle and technique of the puzzle method, but his hands have not mastered it, and he can't even say that he has fully mastered his brain. He just knows how to do it, but he really needs to succeed It is too difficult to make the complex thing with a bunch of processes including mortise and tenon, wedge, iron inlay, and skin covering. In the Shang Dynasty, the cost would be higher than directly cutting the virgin forest upstream.

However, the primeval forest will always be cut down one day, so if you don’t need it, you can leave it to your descendants. Although Zishou thinks it is useless, even if it is excavated, it may be passed down for one or two generations. Just put it on the shelf.

As for the reason?

This guy has blocked the opening of engineering corruption from a technical level. If it becomes popular in the world, will the Ministry of Industry, General Supervisor, Shaofu, and Neifu have so many officials go to the northwest wind?

Okay, take a look, oh well, they are all standard materials, and the standard materials are all reduced in proportion, and the working hours and costs after the proportional reduction are also proportional. The emperor only needs to find a few eunuchs who are good at arithmetic in the inner school. Forget it, come on, everyone go drink the northwest wind.

And here, even the labor force required for transportation and the conversion method are listed for you. To be reasonable, don’t put it on the shelf, but if everyone reads it. If you come to be honest and honest, then it is really Thousands of officials up and down can go directly to drink the northwest wind.

Even the extra separate decorative structure that became popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is probably the same. After all, this thing really gives you a fuel consumption card. If you don’t order other items, it’s really not easy to get.And when Bo Yikao visited the king of Shang, Zishou was copying this thing, nearly 4000 pieces of content, it was really dizzy to copy, especially when you had to make a picture, with the help of a simple ruler, making a picture is also a headache bald.

"Your Majesty?" When Ji Kao walked into the Lutai Hall, the first thing he saw was the mountain of wood chips beside King Shang, and the blond girl who was chipping wood with a calm face sitting behind the mountain of wood chips.

Xiao Lian didn’t make fun of it. After all, it’s always good for this kind of architecture to be passed down. Even if things like standard parts that make everyone have nothing to eat can’t be passed down, but various processing technologies and processing technologies that are not suitable for the Shang Dynasty, There are still craftsmen who are willing to understand and pass on.

If Zishou can’t reverse his fate, then in the time of great struggle between dynasties and dynasties, some princes and anti-kings will use the technology that can quickly build ditches and fortifications, and they may become supreme if they use it. Qiaoqiao, they still figured it out.

The more the vassals fight, the more chance this set of technology will pass on, or as long as possible. After all, it is too damn easy to use, especially the construction of palace buildings. They are all standard models. Just copy them. enough.

"Oh, Kao, you're here."

"Your Majesty, this is..." Ji Kao was going to cry in court, but in the end, the quilt couldn't be adjusted on the spot due to the pile of wooden slips.

"I'm writing a book on construction." Zishou said, "From now on, all the palaces and ancestral temples of the Great Merchants will be built according to this paradigm."

At this time, no one is corrupt in engineering, not because they are not brave enough, but because they have nothing to corrupt. The craftsmen are official slaves and have no wages. The materials are not purchased but sent to the slaves and wild men to harvest A lot of consumption was still ordered by the princes to pay tribute.

In the end, these people have to bring their own dry food for the food. The king of Shang is fine, he is in charge of the food, and other nobles may not even care about the food, so there is no room for drifting away. Buildings are probably not possible, but it is indeed possible to build a large number of standardized and low-cost buildings, and the nobles are eager to implement it as soon as possible.

Not only can it reduce the chances of the king of Shang ordering them to pay more weird things, but at the same time, don't the slaves and craftsmen of their own family spend money?

Of course, how to save money and effort.In a sense, apart from not being able, not daring, and not wanting to be corrupt, there is another way to deal with corruption: not to be greedy.

"My lord, can I take a look?" Ji Kao felt that the atmosphere and emotions that had been brewing were gone anyway, so it was better to see what King Shang was doing.

"Let's see." Zishou casually threw a part of the cloth on the desk to Ji Kao, who looked at it for a long time before holding back a sentence, "Does your lord think those craftsmen can understand it?"

Even if there are explanatory terms, he feels that those craftsmen probably can't understand, and as ancient architecture, there are still many unclear parts, and there is no deciphered part in modern times, and Zishou only explains the parts he understands, and the rest If you don't understand, just copy the original text, and leave it to future generations to slowly understand.

The big deal is that it can’t be done, so just leave a sentence in the blank, because this year’s cloth harvest is not enough, so he can’t write his perfect annotations. He can shamelessly write things that need more than 40 pages of proof process in the gaps of the book. Why can't Zishou do this?

Besides, the original printing paper of this thing is as thick as two bricks, which can be used to kill people, not to mention the wooden slips, he said that the annotations cannot be written, does anyone still have doubts?

"It's okay, I don't need them to understand" Zi Shou complained, of course I don't need them to understand, it's strange that they can understand.

"I just need them to copy it. I made a standard example, so they can't do it?"

This is indeed possible. No matter how backward the productivity and handicraft technology of the Shang Dynasty are, it is no problem to compare them according to the model. As for the so-called units of 10 points and 6 points, it doesn’t matter, I don’t understand It doesn't matter, as long as it is done according to the mold, they are not so stupid that they can't count them with their fingers.

Of course, this inferior production technology naturally limits the ability to assemble a large number of complex components, but it is still possible to manufacture relatively simple buildings.

"I don't need them to create anything, I just need them to be able to copy the example I gave. Anyway, the structure is the same, but the proportions are different." Zishou is not a soul eater, although the house is tall and beautiful Very good, but he is not picky at all for artistry and originality.

"Your Majesty is really smart." Bo Yikao frowned slightly, but it relaxed again in an instant.

"Then Kao, what is your audience with today..." Finally, when Zi Shou brought up this topic, Ji Kao suddenly started to brew his emotions again, "My lord, the elixir of the day before yesterday was a servant..." said Seeing Ji Kao choked up.

This surprised Zishou, isn't it? This is the Shang Dynasty, and you have come up with the emotional memory performance method, isn't it too fast to enter the drama?Of course he didn't think that Ji Kao was fake crying, he was just joking, after being poisoned by various dramas and little fresh meat, if Ji Kao was fake crying, he could tell at a glance.

So, he was really crying. Based on Ji Kao's experience, Zishou thinks this guy has learned the method of emotional memory performance without a teacher, right?To put it simply, when you need to be sad, you can imagine similar sad things, but this has a lot of restrictions, but this is the Shang Dynasty!

"Well, calm down, calm down, finish talking!"

"It was the work of my brothers, my subordinates were deceived by traitors, and almost caused harm to the king!" Ji Kaoke's mother dared not say that Ji Fa might have come for the king of Shang, so what was the point of tripping Ji Fa? ah?Assassinating the king and killing the car does not belong to the category of the tacit understanding of the nobles, it is really to eliminate the country.

"It's okay, this king never takes any elixir of unknown origin, besides, the queen is the Jiang family." Zi Shou said with a sigh.

"This..." Ji Kao didn't realize that when the plan was replayed by himself, why did he always feel that something was wrong? Before cooperating with his mother, he didn't think that the queen was the fucking Jiang family! ?

He is the ancestor of alchemy, is it a bit serious for you to do this?Why didn't I think of this issue before?Ji Kao thought for a moment, it seemed that Jiang was low-key, and it was rumored that King Shang killed his mother and son?

Although this misunderstanding has been solved when I got here, it is generally believed that Jiang's low-key is because of health problems or the loss of a child, and he doesn't care. , Jiang really didn't do much work.

Therefore, everyone ignored her for a while, and of course it was definitely not the main reason. Why did I ignore such a big loophole?Ji Kao didn't even have time to cry, and his thinking got a little knotted.

He began to recall the whole process carefully, and deduced why he ignored Jiang Shi, and why Ji Fa and Ji Chang couldn't think of Jiang Shi's problem.

It's okay if he just ignores it, because others are in Modu and Lutaiyuan, and they can't see Mrs. Jiang. Those beauties who are kings every day are dangling around. It's normal to be negligent for a while, people are not saints, Who can do nothing?But what about Ji Fa and Ji Chang?

Did they ignore Queen Jiang just like themselves, or in their eyes, Queen Jiang's existence had nothing to do with the whole plan?If it's the former, it's really unlikely.

Because his father is not so stupid, even if his father made a stupid mistake like himself, but Ji Fa would not follow suit, even if the two of them were all stupid by mistake, Xiqi had so many mistakes. What about his advisers?The more he thought about it, the more creepy Ji Kao felt.

Either there is some kind of mysterious power of ghosts and gods that affects the thinking and consciousness of all the people in Xiqi, causing them to make such stupid actions, or they are so confident that they don't care that Empress Jiang is discovered, even...

Ji Kao realized in horror, "It's not that they ignored Queen Jiang, or didn't care, but they were discovered by Queen Jiang, which was their goal in the first place!" After Jiang Queen discovered the poison pill, he would definitely tell Shang Wang, and Shang Wang must have thought it was him What I did, I will definitely die, and Xiqi originally wanted to be anti-Shang, the king of Shang's punishment after the event is not important at all, they are all rebels, who cares about your punishment?

"Then if this is done, then Xiqi must have the confidence to deal with the army of merchants, and will at least take some kind of action..."

"By the way, Kao, I heard something. Ji Fa led [-] songs to the east and built a pass city in Jindi. It has been several months since the news came. Come here, if Chongbo’s son hadn’t been hunting, Zhu Yilu accidentally crossed Chou Sangyuan, and found out about it, I’m afraid we won’t find out until the tribute teams arrive one after another in the next year, right? What exactly are you going to do, Xiqi!?”

It doesn't matter if you build the Guancheng, after all, all the princes do this kind of thing. These days, the barbarians are quite lethal, but you cross the border in Xiqi to build the Guancheng, what are you going to do?It is still obvious that it is on the road that must be passed by Zhou and Shang.

"Zhou wants to rebel!?" Ji Kao was trembling all over. Wasn't it because of King Shang's words, nonsense, Zhou wanted to rebel, how could he not know?It was because of the content revealed in these words that the last bit of Ji Kao's blood was completely cooled down.

He is still a hostage in Shang, so you dare to lead people to repair the city gate, Zhou wants to rebel?Zhou Ruofan, isn't he the first proton to be slaughtered to sacrifice the flag, and the king of Shang can't protect himself. After all, he is not the only one who is the proton here. small gesture.